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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2022
Knauf Insulation, Vise, BE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a material feeding system () for a melter comprising: (i) a substantially horizontal feeding barrel () designed to feed solid material through the melter wall () into the melt () contained in the said melter, and arranged below the level () of the melt () contained in the melter (), (ii) said feeding barrel () comprising a material input opening () and material output opening (), the material output opening () leading into the melt () contained in the melter (), said feeding barrel () comprising an internal feeder () designed to push solid material () loaded through the material input opening (), in the direction of the longitudinal barrel axis () toward the material output opening (), the end of the internal feeder () on the material output side extending at a minimum at a distance from the internal melter surface () of two (2) to ten (10) times the diameter of the feeding barrel (), preferably three (3) to eight (8) times the diameter of the feeding barrel, more preferably three (3) to six (6) times the diameter of the feeding barrel or three (3) to five (5) times the diameter of the feeding barrel (). The invention further covers a submerged combustion melter equipped with above material feeding system and a process for feeding material into a melter.